Juniors drop with 1 new high – Tuesday

The junior market closed on Tuesday with prices changes being mixed, as investors moved prices up and down in almost equal numbers, but sliced 22.77 points off the junior market index, to close at 2,234.75. At the end, 2,549,505 units, valued at $12,665,912 traded, with 15 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with 7 stocks that rose while 6 declined, including Knutsford Express that closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $23.25 with 2,882 shares trading, to record a gain of 5 cents. At the end of trading 6 stocks closed with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 ended with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial Services gained 5 cents in trading 40,000 shares, to end at $16.05, AMG Packaging added 51 cents and closed at $13.51, with 10,299 units changing hands, Caribbean Cream closed with 419,825 units changing hands and fell 30 cents, to $7.05. Cargo Handlers last traded at $75.04, but now has a bid at $76.10, to buy 5,000 shares, with no stock on offer at the close. Caribbean Flavours traded 8,910 units to end at $7 with a gain of 15 cents, Consolidated Bakeries had 35,242 units changing hands to end at $2.35, General Accident gained 1 cent, in trading 950 units to close at $2.30. Honey Bun dropped 45 cents with 10,516 shares changing hands, to close at $5.08, Jamaican Teas traded 5,235 units with a fall of 45 cents to close at $3.40, Lasco Distributors ended with 11,700 shares changing hands to end at $7.05, Lasco Financial lost 5 cents in trading 750,200 units to close at $3.35. Lasco Manufacturing closed at $4.85 with 644,900 shares trading, after falling 4 cents, Paramount Trading ended with a loss of $2.50 as 1,249 shares changed hands at $12, tTech climbed 41 cents and ended at $4.41 with 507,226 units changing hands and Eppley 10% preference share gained 1 cent to close at $6.11 with 100,371 units changing hands.